Election
Constituency

76. Krishnagar West

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1996

WB-KRISHNAGAR-WEST

CPM 50.6%won by 16.2%INC 34.3%

What changed here

Derived

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 16.3% to 16.2%.

  • Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
1,15,490
Margin
18,733
16.22%

Candidates

8 contested · winner CPM
  1. 1SUNIL KUMAR GHOSHCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM58,38650.6%
  2. 2BISWARUP MUKHERJEEIndian National Congress · INC39,65334.3%
  3. 3GADADHAR GHOSHBharatiya Janata Party · BJP11,64410.1%
  4. 4SUBIMAL SENGUPTACpi(M (L)L) · CPIMLL3,2172.8%
  5. 5REKHA ROYShiv Sena · SHS1,3511.2%
  6. 6BENODE BEHARI SIKDARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP6270.5%
  7. 7ABUL QUASEMIndependent · IND5390.5%
  8. 8AMARENDRA MAJUMDERIndependent · IND730.1%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
CPM
CPM–INC swing
−0.0%
CPM share
48.7% → 50.6%
INC share
32.4% → 34.3%
Turnout
— → —
75. Krishnagar East77. Nabadwip
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